"Astronauts Land on Moon"

 Page 5 of the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise comprised various photos concerning the events of this historic Moon-day.

See you next Moon-Day!

  

The Crew at Home

From the August 15, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next Monday, it's a date!

  

Russki Salutes!

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next Monday, right?

  

No Picnic -- But No Ants Either!

From the July 15, 1969 issue of Look:

Don't Be Scairt!

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

Don't worry, nothing happened like this:

Unless it's ANOTHER of those secrets NASA was hiding from us ...

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ROUND THE CLOCK by Troy Gordon

From the July 23, 1969 Tulsa World, musings by longtime columnist Troy Gordon.

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No Jokes About Her Cooking, Please

From the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World:

I'm not sure if Lawrence's firm, Technology Inc, is still around.  Do you know?

See you next Monday.

  

A Glittering Fete Awaits Them

From the August 13, 1969 Tulsa World:

"The largest formal state dinner in American history" -- and it cost all of $44,000.  Wow!

See ya next week.

  

1600 Dignitaries -- Count 'em!

From the August 11, 1969 Tulsa World:

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Thank You Wiley Post!

His pressure suit inspired the NASA guys!

It's from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World.  See you next week.

  

What's the Word from the Moon?

Well, here are some of them, as published in the July 20, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise:

I like the last one ... "President Kennedy, we made it!"

See you next Monday!

  

Dial Soap Presents a Moon Map!

The folded version of Dial Soap's Rand-McNally Moon Map may be seen on the right-hand side of the header art for this blog.  It came out in 1968, in the big publicity run-up to Apollo 11.

This is side 1.

And above is the other side.  Pretty spiffy, huh?

Following are close-up scans of selected parts.

The moonwalk depicted was, of course, in the future -- which is why we have a painting, not a photo, of the achievement!

See you next week.

   

It's a Round World After All!

From the January 13, 1969 Newsweek:

And this site purports to be the web presence of the Flat Earth Society, nowadays.

See you next Monday!

  

Getcher Space Sheet Right Here, Folks!

In case you needed some Apollonian facts, here are some from the August 15, 1969 Bartlesville, OK Examiner-Enterprise.

No, you don't spread a space sheet on your bed, silly!

See you next week.

  

No Longer Forgotten

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

Of course, Collins earned just as important a place in history as those other two guys.

Next week, gators!

  

Ads from the August 1, 1969 TIME -- part 1

A lot of companies rushed to congratulate Apollo and the good ol' USA on the Moon landing.

See you next Monday, friends!

  

Say Goodbye to the Moon!

Here's the front page (and the continued-inside stories) of the July 21, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise.

Did you watch the Moon lift-off?  See you next Monday.  Welcome to 2021!

  

She of Little Faith and Many Years!

From the August 18, 1969 Tulsa World:

She no longer doubts the Moon landings!

See you next year!  (Get it?  Next Monday is next year.)

  

LOOK Magazine: Apollo and Beyond!

From the July 15, 1969 Look:

I don't have access to a large scanner.  Hence the cobbled-together images seen above.  My apologies to any offended sensibilities.

This is an elsewhere-sourced view of the complete Rockwell NASA-rama.

See you next Monday!  Until then, Merry Christmas to all of you on the Good Earth!

   

I Joined the Aero Space Reading Club! Did You?

This was in 1967.  I'm sure this was one of the many subtle ways the US Government encouraged our generation to investigate and/or invest our lives in science and tech.

I remember Rabbit Hill but not its sequel.  As you might imagine, I devoured Hardy Boys mysteries, as well as Jay William's Danny Dunn series.

The above is a 1967 depiction of a rocket's trip to the moon.

The last book on the list, a Man from U.N.C.L.E. juvenile tie-in from Whitman, was only a foretaste of the Ace "adult" paperbacks and tons of other U.N.C.L.E. merch -- an addiction which remains to this day!

I couldn't find much online evidence of the Aero Space Reading Club.  A couple of pins (I never got one) -- and one newspaper mention.

This is from a 1969 newspaper in Chambersberg, PA.

See you next Monday!